Don't you think we've become a tad too paranoid? I ask because I've seen commercials on TV recently promoting background checks before dating someone.
Whatever happened to listening to your gut and female intuition? I like to think it was Cleopatra's intuition that had her slipping into that Egyptian cotton negligee for Marc Antony. Conqueror or not, she just knew a hot, hunky Roman when she saw one. I somehow doubt that she asked the high priests to comb pages of parchment for background info before making her move.
Lest we forget the husband of all husbands -- Henry VIII. Perhaps it's more difficult to listen to your gut when you're being pursued by royalty. But let's face it, those women could have benefited from a quick Google search. Don't know that I'd date someone -- royalty or not -- with a beheading in his profile.
My other problem with background checks is that they'll put a dent in our "worst date ever" stories. Yes, you'll know he's wanted in Ohio for a felony -- definitely red flag material. But you'll never have a story to tell the girls about his quest for a competitive eating championship, his skinhead politics and his obsession with tapioca.
I refuse to concede that good old home-grown intuition has been trumped by technology. When that little voice tells me this guy is a wacko, I listen. Do I really need to confirm that with Interpol?
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